plate tectonics

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Across
  1. 2. the upper layer of the earth's mantle below the lithosphere
  2. 8. the several large landmasses that make up the world
  3. 9. form when plate motions generate magma that erupts on the earths surface
  4. 12. a boundary where two plates move together
  5. 13. the process by which new oceanic crust forms when magma rises up
  6. 14. join together into a single large landmass and then started drifting
  7. 15. a ring of volcanos on the edge of tectonic plates
  8. 17. the impression of a prehistoric animals in rocks
  9. 19. a process by which material is added to tectonic plates or landmass
  10. 20. when two tectonic plates move away from each other and make room in the ocean floor is called
Down
  1. 1. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the matle crust
  2. 3. where two tectonic plates are sliding against each other
  3. 4. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  4. 5. the study of magnetic minerals in rocks
  5. 6. the lithosphere is divided into
  6. 7. a long undersea mountain chain that has a steep narrow valley at its center
  7. 10. crust beneath the ocean
  8. 11. the single huge super continent that existed many years ago when all earths continents were joined together
  9. 16. what element makes up most of earth's core
  10. 18. when one tectonic plate sinks beneath another